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JOHN B. RUSS, OF SHELTON, AND HENRY J. STUART, OF ANSONI, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE ROBERT N. BASSETT COMPANY, 0F DERBY, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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To ,all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN B. Russ and HENRY Jr.V STUART, citizens of the United States, residing at Shelton, county of Fairfield,` State of Connecticut, and Ansonia, county-of New Haven, State of Connecticut, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button Tab-Ends, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved button and loop hose supporter fastening, the obj eet of the said invention being to'provide a construction whereby the button part may be entirely covered on both front and rear with part of the fabric tab by which it is supported, the threading also being such that only one length of tape is required tosuspend the button from the upper part of the loop.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a front view of the fastener complete and relatively enlarged. Fig. 2 is an' edge elevation thereof partly in section. Fig. Sis a plan view of the button part detached. Fig. 4: is a View of the reverse side ot' the lower party of the tab, with the button attached as shown in Fig. l. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 show respectively successive steps 'in the method of threading the tab end through the button part.

l represents a loop or frame having the usual keyhole slot therein; 2 represents z a loop at the top connected to the top bar of the frame l by a metal clamp 3; 4 is a flexible fabric tab made of the usual nonelastic webbing, the upper end of which is clamped tightly around the bar at the upper end of the frame l, being held thereto by the clamp 3. In this instance the clamp 3 embracesythe lower bar of the loop 2 loosely, so that said loop may, if desired,

partake of a slight swinging or pivotal movement within the clip 3. l

5 represents a button or stud proper, the same being of any suitable form, vin this instance being of the usual conventional button shape.

6 represents a base plate to which the shank of the button 5 is secured.

7, 8 and 9 are slots in the base plate 6. The two vslots 8 and 9 are arranged in the plate 6 below-the button 5, while the single slut 7 is above the button.

Specification of Letters atent,

BUTTON TAB-END.

The tape 4 is threaded through the plate 6 and around the buttonmember in the following inanner: Referring to Fig.: 5, which shows the irst step, it will be seen that one end of the tape 4 is passed from the front to t-he rear through .the slot 8. This end is then passed back from the rear to the front through the slot 9, as shown in Fig'. 6. vThe sameendx is .then turned backwardly` up against the rear ofthe base 6', and passedthrough the upperslot 7 from the rear to the front, as shown in Fig. 5. The other end of the tape 4, namel ,the end shown in Figs. 5 and 7 at the le of the plate 6, is then turned up over the head of the button 5 and passed through the slot7 from the front to the rear, as shown in FigJS, said upper slot 7 being preferably slightly larger than the slots 8 and'9 s0 as to permit the two layers of tape tostand therein. The upper end ofthe tape is now extended upwardly, and may be secured in the manner previously described, or in-any other satisfactory manner, to theupper part of the frame l, leaving the wider lpart ,of the keyhole opening in v.thefranne 1 free to permit the 'now covered but-ton head to be passed through in the usual'inanner in atcaching or detaching the button and loop.

By this arrangement it will be observed that the entire rear surface of the base 6 is Patenten oet. ee, ieie. Application led May 1S, 1911. Serial No. 627,948. i

'covered and protected from contact 'with the upper part of t-he tape serves to protect the upper part of the frame l by holding the same away from the body of the wearer. Heretofore, in threading a button of this type in'such away as to entirely cover the rear of the plate 6, as well as the button, it has been necessary to extend the two' .ends of the tape to the top supporting bar of the loop frame l., By the present-improvement, only one length ofmaterial may be extended up to said supporting bar, and hence,a substantial saving in tape is etected overthat required heretofore where the same ends are to be attained. 1 This invention has, therefore, for its object, not only a construction and'inethod of threading which will secure the complete rustless effect, but also such a method of threading as will attain the aforesaid end, land also 'result in substantial economy.

^ By the term button or stud herein used is meant a button or stud of any approved ornifarranged for co eration with a. loop `uit the character desori ed.y 5 ,What is claimed is: f j.. A button tab end for button and loop astenings, said tab end comprising a huttonI or stud, a hase plate supporting the same, said base plate .having a transverse slot therein above the point of connection of. the button With'the hase, plate and having tvlotransverse slots at points helow said connection, a tape entirely covering the back of said plate and the front of said button or stud, said tape being threaded through the slots in said hase-as follows: through i the top slot from the rear tothe front; over the button head and through the middle ""'slo't from the front to the rear,r thence '2Q through the lowermostslot from the rear to thefront; thence around the lower end of the freine 'and u against the back thereof, thence, finally, t rough the uppermost slot from the rear to the front. 5 2. In a tab end for .abutton and loop fastening, aAA button, a base plate support therefor having a plurality of transverse i i slots one of which is 1n the upper part of the plate and above the button, a supporting strip for entirely covering the lfront of the button and the back of the base late button support, said' Strip extending tirough said slot in the upper part of the 4base plate above the button from the rear to the front, and thence over lthe head of the button, and

noli-ame thence through the slotted lower portion of said hase plate and around the lower edge thereof, and thence up along the bach of the base plate and through the first mentioned slot `from the rear to the front, and termihating at the front of the base plate and Within the fold of the strip.

In a button and loop fastening', a loop, a button arranged to coact therewith, a base plate therefor having a plurality of trans` verse slots, a tab end for connecting the loop With said button and for entirely cover-infn)` the front of the button and the back of the hase plate button support, said tab end he ing secured :1tone end to the loop and eX- tending in a single strand to said hase plate, and threaded through the slots therein in a direCtio-n to entirely cover said button and the hack of the base plate support therefor, said threading. alone serving to securely hold said button a'nd base plate to said tab, said depending tab end entering the upper slot in the hase plate from the rear to @over the back of the upper extremity of said base plate, the extreme lower end of the tab end being passed through said traine from the rear to the front above the plane of the but ton, and terminating at the front of the hase plate. n

JOHN B. RUSS. HENRY J'. STUART.

Witnesses:

CnAs. W. Hass, SIDNEY HOPKINS. 

